Very pleased the Senate has passed H.R 699 A Bill To Improve The Health Of Children And Help Better Understand And Enhance Awareness About Unexpected Sudden Death In Early Life. The bipartisan, no cost, legislation introduced in the Senate by Sherrod Brown amends the Public Health Service Act to help enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life. The legislation provides for the continued development and updating of standard protocols and data collection related to stillbirths and sudden unexpected deaths in infants and children. Every year close to 30,000 children are lost to stillbirth or sudden unexpected infant death, in more than half of these cases there is no known cause. America is the wealthiest nation in the world, yet our high infant mortality rate ranks 26th out of 29 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member states. Passage of this legislation is a strong step towards lowering our infant mortality rate and ensuring more children can live long productive lives.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 21:00:32 +0000
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